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Christie: I understand Sandy victims’ frustration

By Wayne Parry
Published February 4, 2014 10:18pm ET
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Christie: I understand Sandy victims’ frustration
FILE - This Dec. 4, 2012 file photo shows oceanfront homes in Manasquan N.J. that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Restoring housing and shoring up critical infrastructure will be the focus of how New Jersey spends its next round of Superstorm Sandy relief money. Gov. Chris Christie's administration on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 said that its plans to spend $1.46 billion in federal storm recovery aid will be the subject of three public hearings next week.(AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File) | Wayne Parry

KEANSBURG, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday he understands the frustration of Superstorm Sandy victims who still haven’t gotten their homes or their lives back together 15 months after the storm, the state’s worst natural disaster.

The Republican, making good on a promise not to let the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal engulfing his administration get in the way of day-to-day governing, visited a firehouse and met with a few residents in Keansburg, a blue-collar Raritan Bay community hard hit by the October 2012 storm.

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